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Patty vs Meatball - What's the difference?

patty | meatball |

As nouns the difference between patty and meatball

is that patty is a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape while meatball is a ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

As a proper noun Patty

is a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

patty

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
  • * 1904 , Patty at Home , BiblioBazaar,LLC, 2007, ISBN 1434621162, page 36:
    • "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name."
    "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield.
    English diminutives of female given names

    meatball

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked
  • (slang) a stupid person
  • (baseball) an easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.

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    * (wikipedia "meatball") *